As the coronavirus known as COVID-19 spreads worldwide, fears of a global pandemic are running high. In China, the death in February of 34-year-old Dr. Li Wenliang, who first sounded the alarm back in December, sparked outrage across the country as people began to openly criticise the government’s mishandling of the crisis on social media, evading censors. China’s bravest investigative journalists joined the outcry. The government quickly burst this bubble of free speech. But Yuqi Na, who studies online communication in China, sees the public anger at coronavirus as an unprecedented show of power and unity by the Chinese people.
On World Wildlife Day, the theme is “Sustaining all life on Earth”. Michael Samways unpacks the often invisible but vital role insects play in the ecosystem. He warns that insect populations are rapidly declining around the world.
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A train attendant in Nanchang, China, gestures in solidarity with medical staff departing for the city of Wuhan, Feb. 13, 2020.
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Yuqi Na, Fordham University
Public criticism of the Chinese government's handling of coronavirus shows that the Chinese people can overcome both strict censorship and a gaping class divide when they get angry enough.
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Michael Samways, Stellenbosch University
Insects are essential to the functioning of land and freshwater ecosystems but species populations are being lost at a rapid rate globally.
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Politics + Society
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Morgan Shimwell, Nottingham Trent University
It is now legal in England to isolate people against their wishes to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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Shelley Inglis, University of Dayton
The war in Syria has reached a crisis point, with close to 400,000 deaths and more than 11 million people displaced.
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Arts + Culture
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Sarah A. Son, University of Sheffield
A cross-border love story set on the Korean peninsula is the most popular television drama in South Korean history.
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Sola Balogun, Federal University, Oye Ekiti
Victor Abimbola Olaiya took up highlife music in the late 1950s and combined it with the trumpet to improve on its texture and aesthetic quality.
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En Français
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François Fulconis, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU); Gilles Paché, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
L’allongement et la complexification des chaînes logistiques ont entraîné une multiplication des risques de rupture d’approvisionnement, comme l’illustre l’épidémie actuelle.
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Edwin Juno-Delgado, Burgundy School of Business
Les publicités pour les bières cherchent généralement à instaurer une représentation forte de la marque en un seul mot. Une stratégie à double tranchant, comme l’illustrent les déboires de Corona.
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En español
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Jovana Stanisljevic, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
A medida que los costes humanos de la epidemia del virus Covid-19 siguen aumentando, el virus también está pasando factura a la economía mundial, con la interrupción de las cadenas de suministro en una amplia variedad de industrias.
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Ignacio López-Goñi, Universidad de Navarra
La mala noticia es que el asunto es serio. La buena es que hay motivos para el optimismo porque nunca hemos estado mejor preparados para combatir una pandemia.
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